FyPDFs · Questions
Asked, and answered plainly.
How FyPDFs works, where your files go, what the cloud adds, what it costs — and the things it doesn't do yet.
Using it
Getting started.
What is FyPDFs?
28 PDF tools in one studio that opens in your browser: 20 run on your own machine, 8 on a server.
Do I install anything?
No. Open fypdfs.com/app in a current browser and drop a file in.
Can I run several jobs on one file?
Yes. After a browser job, "Continue with" hands the result to the next one, so you only download at the end.
Does it work on a phone?
It runs in mobile browsers too. Big files need memory, so a phone will manage less than a laptop.
Your files
Where they go.
Are my files uploaded?
Not for the twenty browser tools — the file is read and written on your machine. The eight cloud tools upload it, after you sign in.
Is there a size limit?
Browser jobs have no set limit; your browser's memory is the ceiling. Cloud jobs take files up to 100 MB each, five at a time.
Where do results go?
Browser results download straight away, several at once as a zip. Cloud results are saved to your FyDrive.
Can it open a password-protected PDF?
With the password, yes: Unlock saves a copy without it. Without the password, no tool can open the file.
The cloud
Eight jobs on a server.
Which tools run in the cloud?
PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, OCR, Protect, Sign, Redact, PDF to PDF/A and Repair.
Why do they need a server?
They use engines that run on a server — OCR, Word and Excel writers, PDF/A conversion, encryption — so the file goes there to do the job.
Can I delete what's uploaded?
Cloud results are kept in your FyDrive, where you can delete them.
Paying
Accounts and plans.
Do I need an account?
Not for the twenty browser tools. You sign in for the cloud eight.
What does Cloud Pro include?
The eight cloud tools, with 100 cloud runs a month and files up to 100 MB. Prices are on the pricing page.
Is there a team plan?
Team is Cloud Pro for each seat, three seats or more.
I use other FyTools studios too.
Then look at the FyTools suite: every studio, never more than buying them one by one.
Not yet
What it doesn't do.
Can I change the words already in a PDF?
Not yet. Edit adds text, highlights and boxes on top; it doesn't rewrite existing text.
Can I draw my own redaction boxes?
Not yet. Redact finds emails, phone numbers, US SSNs and card numbers you tick.
Can Sign take a drawn signature?
Not yet — Sign places a typed stamp. For drawn signatures and signature fields, use FySign.
Can a watermark be a logo?
Not yet. Watermarks are text.
FyPDFs
Still asking? Try it.
The browser tools are free and need no account — the quickest answer is to drop a file in.